FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART XII. 707 



Very little wheat was sown here and yield was light. 

 Oats were heavy but were damaged to a great extent in shock before 

 threshing. Yielded on an average of thirty bushels per acre. 

 Corn will average thirty-five bushels per acre of fair quality. 

 Potatoes were a light crop, while that of fruit was an average one. 



MITCHELL COUNTY. 



J. A. Cutler. 



Fair held at Osage, 1903. 



On account of the rainy weather which prevailed throughout the 

 days of our fair, the exhibit of stock was not quite as large as it would 

 have been had the weather been pleasant. However, there was a fine 

 exhibit of registered, or eligible to registry,, .stock. One of the very at- 

 tractive and interesting features of our fair this year was the educational 

 department, premiums amounting to $105.75 having been paid in this 

 department. 



Crops, on the whole, are not an average with former years. 



Corn is a good crop in some localities, while in others it is only 

 fair, and on the low lands where not well drained is only good for fodder. 

 Oats are much the same as the corn crop, some good, but on the whole, 

 light. 



Timothy seed fairly good in quality and yield. Potatoes a light crop, 

 on account of the wet season. Barley and flax crops are fairly good. 

 Hay crop was excellent. 



Stock or aHl kinds did well this season, owing to the exceptionally 

 fine pasturage. 



Fruit was of a good quality, although the yield was not up to the 

 average of former years. 



MUSCATINE COUNTY. 



W. H. Shipnian. 



The annual meeting of the Union District Agricultural Society was 

 held at West Liberty, August 18, 19, 20 and 21, 1903, and was a very suc- 

 cessful fair financially and otherwise. 



Corn at this date (October 24th) is in much better condition than was 

 anticipated six weeks ago. The continued wet weather at time of plant- 

 ing made the corn crop look very discouraging, and by August 1st many 

 fields were given up as lost, but a very favorable fall has made a change. 

 We will have plenty of good corn, while there will be some that will be 

 very poor. 



Oats had a fair yield, but are light in weight, and altogether not a 

 very profitable crop. Wet weather in the spring, and hot days at the 

 wrong time are responsible for this. 



